Northern Beat is changing how British Columbians think about their province – Resource works
Jun 02, 2025
In British Columbia, affairs outside of the cities often get ignored. Fran Yanor is changing that story by story with Northern Beat.
British Columbia is a place where the stories that journalists choose to tell usually begin at the steps of the provincial legislature in Victoria, and end in one of the bustling plazas that surround the Vancouver Art Gallery. In between those two urban icons, and far beyond them, are vast swathes of forests and dirt roads that run along mountainsides with staggering vistas, from the peaks of which one can observe the other part of BC.
This other half all too often remains an afterthought, despite making up the vast majority of the province. The people who live here, and their stories, are not heard nearly as often as their urban counterparts, who remain the focus of most of the media landscape.
Fran Yanor is changing that, pushing the gaze of the media beyond Vancouver and Victoria into the great hinterland of rural BC, so that more voices and stories can be part of the provincial consciousness.
